Usually means: Extend or stretch out forward.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word porrect:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. porrect: Merriam-Webster
  2. porrect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. porrect: Collins English Dictionary
  4. porrect: Wordnik
  5. porrect: Wiktionary
  6. porrect: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Porrect, porrect: Dictionary.com
  8. Porrect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Porrect: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. porrect: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Porrect: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. porrect: FreeDictionary.org
  13. porrect: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. porrect: TheFreeDictionary.com

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Porrect: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia
  3. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (porrect)

▸ adjective:  (entomology, botany) stretched out or forward
▸ verb:  To stretch out or forward.
▸ verb:  (law) To proffer (a document) for inspection.

Similar:
exserted, antepectoral, rectipetal, introflexed, erectophile, frontated, posticous, aproctous, proteranthous, patent, more...

Opposite:
retract, withdraw, pull back

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Similar:
exserted, antepectoral, rectipetal, introflexed, erectophile, frontated, posticous, aproctous, proteranthous, patent, more...

Opposite:
retract, withdraw, pull back



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